Linux Pro Magazine
2.4.11
Beyond FUDCon: Faces, Features and Future of Fedora
By Amber Graner
The North American Fedora <https://fedoraproject.org/> User and
Developer Conference (FUDCon) was held on Arizona State University
campus in Tempe Arizona from January 29 -31, 2011 and proved to be the
largest FUDCon to date with over 200 people pre-registered
<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011#Pre-registration> to
attend and final attendance numbers estimated around 175 people.
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One interesting moment occurred while speaking to attendee, Randall
Hinkley. Hinkley said he had only been using Fedora for about four
months. He was from an area near Tempe and while researching setting up
his own Fedora sever found the information about FUDCon on the internet
and then decided to register and see what it was all about. When I
attend events such as FUDCon, it is always encouraging and exciting to
see those faces who are new to open source, new to a project, and or new
to contribution when they finally meet the people with whom they
interact with in an IRC channel or mailing list. While there are some
exceptions for the most part these attendees already have a spark in the
eye and a hunger for more knowledge about the project, but upon
attending events and conferences like a FUDCon find themselves thirsting
for ways to contribute as well and Hinkley was no different. He was
excited to be there and his personal participation and contribution
began to open as he spoke to the various Fedora leaders and community
members throughout the event. He wasn’t the only one attending FUDCon
for the first time; however, he was the only one I spoke to who was 1)
New to the project, 2) Stumbled upon the FUDCon information
“accidentally” and 3) Was not already contributing but decided to attend
to see what it was all about.
Full article:
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Beyond-FUDCon-Faces-Features-and-Future-of-Fedora